GRE Word List
AVOCATION
a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby
The meaning of the word avocation is a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| guileless | innocent |
| sibling | sib |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| imbue | endow |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |